Archive for October, 2009

Discover Popular Laptops

Shopping for a new laptop can be both exciting and intimidating at the same time. Every new machine comes with pros and cons that may or may not be right for what you’re looking for. Buying the right laptop for your particular needs means doing research. It’s important to take a little time to become familiar with the product so can you understand it better. Once you examine reviews, watch videos, and dig into user opinions you can begin to get a feel for the machine. Once you know it’s good and bad points and can begin to see youself buying or not buying it. Most importantly of all you’ll be more educated to make the right purchase decision.

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The Acer Aspire X1700-U3700A is a budget desktop that packs almost enough power to use as a basic desktop or a light-duty home theater PC. Currently priced around $378 at The Nerds.net ($383 at pcRUSh), the X1700 utilizes space saving thin design which allows you to place it anywhere in your home. Really picture how small & thin this machine is! It’s only 10.7 inches tall, 4.2 inches wide, and 15 inches deep! It comes with a DVD burner, a media card reader, FireWire 400 port, five USB ports, and standard audio & headphone jacks.

The X1700 comes with an Intel Pentium dual-core processor running at 2.4Ghz, 4GB of RAM, and a 640GB SATA Hard drive. The high end audio S/PDIF is a nice surprise here; the NVidia Geforce G100 Graphics card has 512MB of RAM. The system comes with Windows Vista – October 23rd isn’t here yet so we can’t get Windows 7. See the X1700 on Acer’s website; all the specs are here.

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The Gateway FX6801-03 is a great mid range gaming rig for under $1,150. It has a fast 4 core CPU that can act as 8 cores, a mid range performing graphics card, and 9GB of RAM. All these components give you a 5.9 on the Windows system index and a great overall gaming desktop.

The FX6801-03 comes loaded with the Intel Core i7-920 quad-core processor which runs 2.66GHz. This I7-920 CPU supports Hyper-Threading which means that each core represents two virtual CPUs so compatible software will run as if there were eight cores.

The PC currently goes for $999 at Newegg. Here’s the FX6801-03 on Gateway’s website; all the specs are here. Read the about the FX6801-03

A great contender for entertainment laptops is the Dell Studio XPS 16. It’s 16-inch widescreen, 1080p display, and powerful components make it an excellent choice from those wanting more of the high-def world. The machine has a beautiful glossy black & silver design, a gorgeous wide screen, and superb high end keyboard.

The XPS 16 features an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 4GB of Memory, 320GB Hard Drive, ATI Mobility 512MB Video Card, weighs 6.54lbs with 6 cell battery, and has about 2 hours battery life. It comes installed with Vista Home Premium. See it on Dell’s website; full specs are here. Prices range from $1,000 to $1,800; depending components installed. Checkout the XPS 16